Self and alexander d



` y/fan fifi/75% Zai/096K INVENTOH WITNESSES l @auch .tetra gettinffirz.

WALTER T. THORNTON, OF BELLEVILLE, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR' TO HIM- V y SELFANI) ALEXANDER D. WRIGHT, OF SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent No. 71321, dated December 3, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN ADJUSTABLE SEAT-PASTENER.

@Ligt rigehule reemi in im tigen etter nent mit making ,9m nf the am.

TO WHOM IT MAY CONOERN:

Be it known that I, WALTER T. THORNTON, of Belleville, in the county ofWayne, and State of Michigan, have invented a new and usefulWegon-Seat'Fastening; and I do decla-re that the following is a true andaccurate description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, and making apart of this specification.

Figure 1 is a front View of my invention ready to be attached to a.wagon'.

Figure 2 is a front view of the same, with the cap o'i, showing the rackand catch and spring.

The same letters refer to similar parts in each figure.

The object of my invention is to so construct a wagon-seat fastening, ofany suitable material, that the seat may hera-ised and lowered atpleasure.

p In manufacturing `my inventiornl make a plate, A, with Suitable`projeoticms B Bydtc., to which to fasten the cap C, 'Between theprojections B B, Ato., I pla-ce the rack D, provided at the top with asuitable rest, E, `for the seat, which may be attached to the restwithout or with springs, as may be desired.` To the bed-plate A, Iattach the catch F, which is made to retain its position by means of thespring G. These seat-fastenings I construct 4right and left-handed, asone is required upon either side of the wagon. The spring G may be aiat, a Vshnped, or a spiral spring, as may be most desirable. Y

s What I claim as my invention, and desire to` secure by Letters Patent,isf- The construction of a wagon-seat fastening, substantially asdescribed, witlrplate A, projections B B, Snc., cap C, rack D providedwith seat-rest E, the catch F, and the spring G, or theirequivalents,for the purpose set forth.

WALTER T. THORNTON.

Witnesses:

E. R. Tucuman, JAMES. T. CAMPBELL.

